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Last Modified:5th April 2011
Last Modified By: miriam.mcgrath@mrsite.co.uk
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With this button you can insert a movie directly into your web page

You can only insert AVI (Windows), MPG (MPEG), WMV (Media Player) or MOV (Quicktime) files here. When you click this button the following box will appear:




Before you can insert your movie, you will need to upload it to your Mr Site web space.To do this, follow the instructions for 'Upload', found below.

You can also change the settings to get your movie looking the way you want:

Width / Height:
Here you can specify the width and height of your movie. You can get this information from the creator of the movie.

AutoStart: Ticking this box means that your movie will begin to play as soon as a visitor arrives at your web page.

ShowControls: Ticking this box means that your movie player will display controls such as play, pause, fast forward or rewind on your web page.

ShowStatusBar: Ticking this box means that viewers will be able to see how much of the movie has played and how much is remaining.

Url: This tells Mr Site where your movie is located on the internet. Please do not edit the information inside this box.

Upload: Send a new movie to your Mr Site web space here. Click the ‘Upload’ button, find the movie on your computer and then click on ‘Open’.

PLEASE NOTE: You cannot upload files with unusual characters or with spaces in their name. You will need to rename such files with no spaces and with the unusual characters removed from them in order to send them to Mr Site.

Be prepared to wait while the movie is sent to your Mr Site web space. Once it has been sent, you will find the movie in the list in the top
left hand corner of your ‘Insert movie’ box.

Insert:
To insert your movie into your web page make sure that you have uploaded it onto your Mr Site web space (see above). Once you have done this it will be displayed in the top left hand corner of this ‘Insert movie’ box . Click on it, then click the ‘Insert’ button to insert it into your website.

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